Zulu
ubuntu
“I am because we are.” You become yourself through the people around you.
Joining the dots between the world’s wisdom
Ideas from cultures around the world, set side by side on the things we all go through.
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One sun, many ways of seeing it
Colombia
no dar papaya
“Don’t give papaya.” Don’t make yourself an easy target, a piece of street wisdom about staying aware.
Japan
mottainai
Regret at waste. What you value, you don’t waste, and what you don’t waste, you learn to value.
Different cultures have found their own words for the same human moments. Same Sun puts them next to each other, so you can take what’s useful.